AR HB1746

Establishes new Arkansas Code § 20-45-202 requiring mental health services providers to notify law enforcement or arrange hospitalization when a patient makes an explicit and imminent threat to kill or seriously injure an identifiable victim or commit a specific violent act.

Defines "mental health services provider" to include licensed certified social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, physicians, psychologists, and registered nurses who provide mental health services.

Permits notification to law enforcement agencies in the county where the potential victim resides, the county where the patient resides, or the Department of Arkansas State Police.

Requires mental health services providers to make reasonable efforts to communicate suicide or serious self-harm threats from patients under 18 years of age to the patient's custodial parent, or noncustodial parent/legal guardian if the custodial parent cannot be contacted.

Provides liability protection for providers and facilities that comply with warning requirements and shields providers from liability for disclosing confidential communications when a patient poses a credible threat of serious harm.